What mods have you done to your Pop Up?

When I had one, it had no heater. After spending a December in Grand Canyon, in the snow, we found that the small heater fan we used was worthless. We froze at night. For the future, I purchased and installed an oversized Propane heater (with Stand) and propane hoses and fittings to tap into the propane line that went to the stove. Unfortunately, we never camped in that much cold again, but the heater was nice to have anyway.

We also installed privacy curtains on either side next to the beds to allow more privacy especially as the kids were getting older and they needed privacy as much as we did. It was in the plans, but I never did get around to adding a 2nd battery. In retrospect, most of our camping we had electricity so we didn't really need a 2nd battery.

Mathematically speaking what we paid for the popup, doing any mods that were more expensive than that (gutting or severe remodeling) in time or money didn't make sense to us. We ended up selling it. A few years later we bought a Travel Trailer, then the big fifth wheel we have now and with the larger price tag it did make sense for some of those mods but I think that's for another topic.

I do admire others who have spent much time and money redoing, refurbishing, or fixing up some of these old trailers and popups - those are labors of love, which unfortunately I do not share. But I like looking at what others have done.

WE bought a 1986 jayco popup last year. First thing we did was replace the canvas, did I mention we paid 500 dollars...yikes. There were 4 bench seats and 2 tables, and 2 slide out beds. 2 of the benches and one table was rotted, we yanked it. The heater does not work, still looking for parts. The cabinet that housed the sink and cooktop was also rotten...my hubs built a new one. The remaining table was painted with chalk paint, good if it rains and you have kids. Wipe it off and good to eat on. Since we can not haul 2 trailers in our state we needed a way to transport our quads. The hubs and his work buddys modified the trailer itself... bigger axel for added weight and also a bigger wheel. They extended both sides of the trailer about 3 feet and put plywood on it for the quads to sit on. The camper has no water tank or ac, everything was gutted to be as light as possible , and we still come in under weight with quads loaded. Next project...replacing the wood planks around the top.